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Suakin (Sevakin)

Place in Hejaz (Hicaz) province. Present-day country: Sudan.

22 officials are recorded serving in Suakin (Sevakin), from 1880 to 1907 (AH 1298 to 1324), in 49 annual entries. The median of the 49 recorded monthly salaries is 950 kuruş. The fullest year is 1882/83 with 3 officials.

Officials serving
22
Annual entries1880 to 1907, AH 1298 to 1324
49
Year with most officials3 officials
1882/83
Median monthly salaryfrom 49 recorded salaries
950 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1882/83 (AH 1300) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 25.
01231882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13203 in 1882/83Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Suakin (Sevakin)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1880/81 (AH 1298)111
1881/82 (AH 1299)212
1882/83 (AH 1300)313
1883/84 (AH 1301)303
1884/85 (AH 1302)303
1885/86 (AH 1303)212
1886/87 (AH 1304)303
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)212
1889/90 (AH 1307)111
1891/92 (AH 1309)111
1892/93 (AH 1310)101
1893/94 (AH 1311)111
1894/95 (AH 1312)111
1896/97 (AH 1314)222
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)323
1899/1900 (AH 1317)212
1900/01 (AH 1318)202
1901/02 (AH 1319)202
1902/03 (AH 1320)333
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)111
1905/06 (AH 1323)323
1906/07 (AH 1324)222

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 49 recorded monthly salaries is 950 kuruş, the mean 1,141 kuruş.
05001,0001,5001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320650 kuruş in 1906/07Suakin (Sevakin), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Suakin (Sevakin)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1880/811500500500500500
1881/8221,5001,5001,0002,000500
1882/8331,5001,5001,0002,000500
1883/8431,5001,5001,0002,000500
1884/8531,5001,5001,0002,000500
1885/8621,5001,5001,0002,000500
1886/8735001,166.675001,500500
1887/882550550525575500
1888/8921,0501,0507751,325500
1889/901600600600600500
1891/9211,0001,0001,0001,000500
1892/9311,0001,0001,0001,000500
1893/9411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1894/9511,0001,0001,0001,000500
1896/9721,1501,1501,0501,250500
1897/981950950950950500
1898/9931,3501,433.331,1501,675500
1899/190021,2251,2251,087.51,362.5500
1900/0121,2251,2251,087.51,362.5500
1901/0221,2251,2251,087.51,362.5500
1902/033900900900900500
1903/042900900900900475
1904/051900900900900450
1905/0639001,0009001,050475
1906/072650650525775450

Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.

Jobs each year

9 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 7 officials.
Muhabere Memuru7Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti6Müdür31. Müdür1Başmemur1Kablo ve Alat Memuru1Memur1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru11880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241 official2 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

The same numbers as a table
Officials by job title and year, Suakin (Sevakin)
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye MemuriyetiMüdür1. MüdürBaşmemurKablo ve Alat MemuruMemurMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru
1880/811
1881/8211
1882/83111
1883/84111
1884/85111
1885/8611
1886/8721
1887/882
1888/8911
1889/901
1891/921
1892/931
1893/941
1894/951
1896/9711
1897/981
1898/99111
1899/190011
1900/0111
1901/0211
1902/0311
1903/041
1904/051
1905/0621
1906/0711

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 9 titles. Over all years an official is counted once under each title. A title with a page of its own is a link.

Birthplaces and places of service

A line links a birthplace and a place of service. A thicker line means more officials, and the arrow head points from the birthplace to the place of service. Places far away are drawn in a small map in a corner.

All years

Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place

Where the officials serving here were born
Suakin (Sevakin)Istanbul (Dersaadet)DiyarbakırHaifa (Hayfa)AmasyaBaghdad (Bağdat)9 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 12, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)9
Diyarbakır2
Haifa (Hayfa)2
Amasya1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Bursa1
Homs (Humus)1
Plovdiv (Filibe)1
Siirt1
Skopje (Üsküp)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

22 officials, ordered by the first year on record. A row shows in which years an official has an annual entry here and where the entries stop.

A gap in a row is a year without an annual entry here. It does not show that the official had left. The list of officials gives the first and the last year of each.

Ottoman officials recorded here

22 officials, the one with most annual entries here first.

Officials of Suakin (Sevakin)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Simon Efendi1880 to 18887Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı İsmail Hakkı Efendi1896 to 19026Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)950Bursa
Martir Efendi1881 to 18876Müdürdirector2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Besim Efendi1885 to 18894Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Haifa (Hayfa)
Mıgırdıç Efendi1882 to 18853Kablo ve Alat Memuru1,500Diyarbakır
Mühtedi Mehmet Emin Efendi1899 to 190231. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ahmet Hami1891 to 18932Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,000Trabzon
Davut Vehbi Efendi1902 to 19042Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications900Plovdiv (Filibe)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1904 to 19062Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Todoraki Efendi1902 to 19042Pul Kitabetistamp clerkship900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Sıdkı Efendi1906/071Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications900Taif
Ahmet Emin Efendi1898/991Müdürdirector2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1889/901Memurofficial600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Corci Asaf Efendi1888/891Müdürdirector1,600Haifa (Hayfa)
Esed Efendi1893/941Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,000Homs (Humus)
Hacı Abdurrahim Muhsin Efendi1898/991Başmemurchief official1,350Siirt
Hasan Şekip Bey1902/031Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)900Skopje (Üsküp)
Mehmet Bahattin Efendi1894/951Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Raif Efendi1896/971Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sakin Efendi1905/061Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications1,200Diyarbakır
Yakob Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ziya Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)900Amasya

Years here run from the first to the last annual entry here. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Jeddah (Cidde)3
Beyoğlu2
Heybeliada2
Thessaloniki (Selanik)2
Acre (Akka)1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)1
Diyarbakır1
Haifa (Hayfa)1
Hicaz1

The 10 places with most officials, of 15.

Names, position and identifiers of Suakin (Sevakin)
Place
Identifierl-98956156833b5e8a
Spelling in the cataloguesevakin
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceHejaz (Hicaz)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceCidde
PositionLatitude 19.105576, longitude 37.331128. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countrySudan
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
SevakinTurkishPreferred nameEditor
SuakinEnglishPreferred nameEditor
sevakinSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.